On 23rd December, Apple released the annual “Best of 2014” list for the highest grossing and most downloaded titles of App store. Apple revealed that Frermium games are the biggest money makers of this year.
Like the last year’s best of iTunes list, games are the most downloaded apps from the iOS App Store in 2014. According to the Apple’s chart, Heads up! is listed as the top paid app for iPhone and for iPad, the top paid app is Minecraft-Pocket Edition.
Here is the list of top 10 paid applications for the iPhone:
> Heads Up!
> Minecraft – Pocket Edition
>Afterlight
> Plague Inc.
> Sleep Cycle alarm clock
> Facetune
> Cut the Rope 2
> Bloons TD 5
> A Dark Room
> 7 Minute Workout Challenge
The names of top 10 paid apps of iPad are:
> Minecraft – Pocket Edition
> Cut the Rope 2
> Heads Up!
> The Room Two
> Survivalcraft
> Notability
> Terraria
> Plants vs. Zombies HD
> Hide N Seek : Mini Game With Worldwide Multiplayer
> Card Wars – Adventure Time
Clash of Clans, the popular game that is offered on the Freemium model, is named as the highest grossing app for both iPad and iPhone. Freemium games in some cases have in-app purchase options for virtual currency or special items. Apple revealed games that feature in-app purchase options ranked 9 in the list of top 10 grossing apps for iPhone and for iPad these games ranked 10 out of top 10.
The list of top 10 free apps such as messaging and social media sites downloaded this year for the iPhone are:
> Facebook Messenger
> Snapchat
> YouTube
> Pandora Radio
> Google Maps
> Flipagram
> Spotify Music
> 2048
And top 10 free iPad apps are:
> YouTube
> Netflix
> Calculator for iPad Free
> Skype for iPad
> Microsoft Word
> Facebook Messenger
> Candy Crush Saga
> Google Chrome
> Clash of Clans
Elevate-Brain Training won iPhone App of the Year award and threes! as iPhone Game of the Year. Monument Valley and Pixelmator won awards for best iPad game and app respectively.
